Takedown bow limb-handle assembly

ABSTRACT

A takedown bow-type bow having a socket and a rib to receive a notched limb end with a restraining band located beyond the socket having a resilient tang to releasably engage a groove in the limb end.

United States Patent 1191 He lmick 1 Nov. 25, 1975 TAKEDOWN BOWLlMB-HANDLE ASSEMBLY [75] Inventor: James C. Helmick, Grayling, Mich.

[73] Assignee: Victor Comptometer Corporation,

Chicago, 111. e

221 Filed: Oct. 15,1973

211 Appl. No.: 406,244

52 U.S. c1. 124/24 R; 124/30 R [51] 1111. cm F41B 5/00 [58] Field ofSearch 124/24 R, 23 R, 30 R, 41;

273/DIG. 7. 82.5; 24/230 SL [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS3,041,693 7/1962 Simon et a1. 24/230 51.

3,415,240 12/1968 Bear 124/23 R 3,502,063 3/1970 Bear..... 124/23 R3,566,853 3/1971 Larm 124/24 R 3,628,519 11/1971 Hofmeister 124/24 R3,814,075 6/1974 Hoyt 124/24 R Primary Exam iner -Richard J. ApleyAssistant ExaminerWilliam R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or FirmBruce G.Klaas [57] ABSTRACT A takedown bow-type bow having a socket and a rib toreceive a notched limb end with a restraining band located beyond: thesocket having a resilient tang to releasably engage a groove in the limbend.

l2 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures TAKEDOWN BOW LIME-HANDLE ASSEMBLYBACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION restraining band to enclose anintermediate portion of BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is aside elevational view of a takedown type archery bow of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the bow of FIG. 1 with one limb indisassembled position;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial view of the limb-handle assembly portionof the bow in a disassembled position; FIG. 4 is an enlarged partialview, partly in section, of the limb-handle assembly portion of the bow,in an assembled position;

- FIG. 5 is across sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view taken along line 77 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken along line 88 in FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view taken along line 99 in FIG. 4. i

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIG. 1, atakedown-type bow 10 is illustrated in assembled position and comprisesa bow handle number 12, a pair of bow limbs 14, 16 removably connectedto the ends of the handle member by identical assembly components at 18,20, and a bow string 22. In FIG. 2, the limb 14 is shown in adisassembled position relative to the handle member with limb endassembly portion 24 completely disassociated from handle member assemblyportion 26. The limbs may be made of a suitablefiberglass plasticmaterial. The handle member may be made of one-piece cast metallicmaterial having relatively thin end portions 28, which terminate inenlarged outwardly flared socket portions 32, 34 generally T-shapedcross sectional configuration. 1

Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4, wherein the identical parts of theassembly apparatus of the opposite limbs l4, 16 are hereafter referredto by common reference numerals, the handle member isprovided withsocket means in the form of an elongated fla'tlimb abutment side surface40 facing forwardly (i.e., toward the back side of the handle) relativeto the bow while extending between spaced parallel flat transverse edgesurfaces 42, 44 and beneath flange means in the form of an integralflange portion 46 overlying the innerend portion of surface 40 toprovide a limb end cavity with a relatively short limb abutment sidesurface 48 facing surface 40 and facing rearwardly (i.e., toward thebelly side ofthe handle) relative to the bow. It is to be understoodthat terms forwardly and rearwardly as used herein refer, respectively,to the side of'the bow facing the direction in which an arrow ispropelled, and to the side of the bow facing the drawstring 22. Anintegral holding rib 50 is centrally located in the cavity and extends.away from the central portion of the handle member with a roundedtransverse end surface 52 facing the cavity opening.

A clamping means in the form ofa relatively thin spring steel sheetmetal band member 60 having a generally rectangular cross sectionalconfiguration, FIGS. 5-7, is fixedly mounted on the outer end of surface40 by inwardly extending integral rib portions 61, 62 on sidewallportions 64, 66 which are slidably received in integral guideway slots68, 70. The width of the outer end of surface 40 is slightly reduced sothat outer surfaces of sidewall portions 64, 66 are substantially flushwith the outer surfaces 42, 44. The clamping means is fixed on end ofthe handle member by threaded fastening elements 72, 74. An integralresilient tang means 76 is centrally formed in the upper wall portion.78 of band member 60 with a detent portion 80 located within the limbcavity provided by the band member and the surface 40.

Limb-retaining means are provided on the ends of the limbs forcooperable retaining association with the socket means and theclampingmeans comprising a generally rectangular pad member 90, which may be ofsuitable plastic material such as fiberglass, fixedly adhesively securedon the limb end portion 92 which is of generally similar rectangularconfiguration. A centrally located notch 94 is provided at the innerends of the limbs for cooperative engagement with ribs 50 and atransverse groove 96 extends across-the pad member for cooperativeengagement with the resilient tang. As shown best in FIG. 4, the tang 80has a generally V- shaped cross sectional configuration and the groove96 is of generally similar, though somewhat more rounded, crosssectional configuration.

In order to assemble a limb with the handle member, the inner end of thelimb is inserted into the cavity provided by band member 60 and slidtherewithin toward the limb end cavity and rib S0. The resilient tang 76is resiliently outwardly deflected by engagement with the adjacentsurface of pad member 90 and, when the rib 50 is received in the limbend notch 94, partially springs back into groove 96 which has a depthless than the normal position of the tang to provide resilientspring-like engagement therebetween which holds the limb in place duringuse of the bow while permitting removal by pulling outwardly on the limbto disassemble the bow.

I claim:

1. A take-down type archery bow comprising:

a handle member and a pair of limb members removably mounted thereon tohold a bowstring in an assembled position,

each limb member having an inner mounting section of generallyrectangular cross-sectional configuration throughout and having a firstflat generally forwardly facing load. bearing abutment surface extendinglongitudinally the entire length of said mounting section in a firstsingle plane and a second flat generally rearwardly facing load. bearingabutment surface extending longitudinally the en- 3 tire length of saidmounting section in a second single plane generally parallel to saidfirst plane, said handle member having a central portion and a pair ofopposite end portions, each end portion having limb mounting means forat tachment of the limb members to said handle member,

each limb mounting means comprising a flat elongated limb load bearingabutment surface extending generally longitudinally of said handlemember and located in a single plane and facing forwardly relative tosaid handle member and said limb abutment surface being of generallyrectangular peripheral configuration and including a longitudinallyinnermost surface portion and a longitudinally outermost surfaceportion, load bearing flange means for supporting each of said limbmembers rigidly fixed on said handle member adjacent the longitudinallyinnermost portion of said flat elongated limb load bearing abutmentsurface in generally parallel spaced relationship to the longitudinallyinnermost portion of said flat elongated limb load bearing abutmentsurface, a generally rearwardly facing limb retaining and load bearingabutment surface on said flange means located in a single plane inspaced relationship to and extending generally parallel to said flatelongated limb load bearing abutment surface and being located inoverlying relationship to the longitudinally innermost portion of saidflat elongated limb load bearing abutment surface, said limb retainingand load bearing abutment surface on said flange means being spaced fromsaid flat elongated limb load bearing abutment surface a distanceapproximately equal to the distance between said first flatforwardlyfacing load bearing abutment surface and said second flatrearwardly facing load bearing abutment surface on said limb member, alimb receiving socket 'means for receiving said inner mounting sectionof said limb member defined by said flange means and said flat forwardlyfacing load bearing abutment surface on said handle member,

said innermost portion of said inner mounting section of said limbmember being located in said socket means between said limb retainingand load bearing abutment surface on said flange means and saidinnermost portion of said flat elongated limb load bearing abutmentsurfaceon said handle member in slidable load bearing abuttingengagement therewith,

limb abutment and restraining means on said handle member adjacent saidsocket means for abutting restraining engagement with said innermounting section of said limb member to prevent lateral displacement ofsaid limb member relative to said handle member,

limb retaining bandmeans for retaining said limb member on said flatelongated limb load bearing surface and mounted on said handle memberadjacent the longitudinally outermost surface portion of said flatelongated limb load bearing surface and located in longitudinallyoutwardly spaced relationship to said flange means and having rigidparallel side wall portions extending transversely relative to said flatelongated limb load bearing abutment surface on opposite sides thereofand fixedly attached to said handle member and having a rigid connectingwall portion fixedly connected to said side wall portions and extendingacross and in spaced relationship to said flat elongated limb load 1bearing abutment surface,

said limb retaining band means and said outermost portion of said flatelongated limb load bearing abutment surface defining a limb restraininglongitudinally extending slot having a rectangular crosssectionalconfiguration generally corresponding to i i the rectangularcross-sectional configuration of said mounting section of said limbmember, and releasable detent means for releasably engaging said limbmember and associated with said band means on said handle member toengage said mounting section of said limb member to releasably hold saidmounting section of said limb member in assembled position with saidsecond flat rearwardly facing load bearing abutment surface in loadbearing abutting engagement with said flat elongated limb load bearingabutment surface on said handle member and with said first flatforwardly facing load bearing abutment surface in load bearing abuttingengagement with said rearwardly facing elongated limb load bearingabutment surface and said rearwardly facing limb restraining and loadbearing abutment surface on said flange means.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 and wherein: said handle memberbeing constructed of one piece g c of material with said flange meansand said limb abutment and restraining means being integral andcontiguous therewith.

3. The invention as defined in claim 2 and wherein:

said band means being constructed of one piece of material with saiddetent means being integral and contiguous therewith. 4. A takedown typearchery bow comprising:

a handle member and limb members removably' mountable thereon in anassembled position, an inner end mounting section of each of said limbmembers terminating in a transverse end wall por-,

tion and having spaced side surfaces of generally rectangular crosssectional configuration, a first one of said side surfaces facinggenerally forwardly relative to said bow and a second one of said sidesurfaces facing generally rearwardly rela-,

tive to said bow, l a centrally located notch in the end wall portion ofsaid limb members, groove means for releasably holding said limb memberson said handle member on said second one of said side surfaces and beinglongitudinally spaced from'the end wall portion and having a generallyrearwardly facing opening,

socket means on said handle member and being I spaced longitudinallyinwardly of said groove means for releasably abuttingly retaining eachof said limb members thereon, said socket means comprising a pair offlat parallel oppositely facing overlying spaced limb abutment surfacesdefining a socket cavity for the inner ends of the limbs. a first one ofsaid spaced limb abutment surfaces providing a limb load bearing surfaceand facing generally forwardly relative to said bow andextendinglongitudinally a substantial distance equalin length to thelength of said mounting section and a second one of said spaced limbabutment surfaces providing a limb load bearing surface and facinggenerally rearwardly relative to said bow and extending longitudinally asubstantial lesser distance than said first one of'said spaced limbabutment surfaces-and terminating in longitudinally spaced relationshipto said groove means, said spaced limb abutment surfaces being spacedapart a distance'approximately equal to the distance between the firstand second ones of said spaced side surfaces of the inner end sectionsof the limbs and abuttingly slidably receiving therebetween an innermostportion of said inner end sections next adjacent said notch, abutmentrib means for retaining said limb members and mounted on said handlemember and being located within said socket cavity and abuttinglyretainingly received in said notch in the assembled position,

band means for retaining said limb members being fixedly mounted on saidhandle member in longitudinally outwardly spaced relationship to thesocket cavities and providing a pair of spaced parallel side wallportions rigidly fixed to said handle portion and extending generallytransversely to said spaced limb abutment surfaces and a connecting sidewall portion rigidly fixed to said spaced parallel side wall portionsand spaced from and extending generally parallel to said first one ofsaid spaced limb abutment surfaces.

a limb retaining slot of generally rectangular fixed cross-sectionalconfiguration approximately equal to the cross-sectional configurationof the inner end mounting sections of the limb members andlongitudinally outwardly spaced from said second one of said limbabutment surfaces and defined by said first one of said spaced limbabutment surfaces and the wall portions of the band members and closelyslidably receiving the inner end mounting sections of said limb members,and

movable detent means for releasably engaging said limb members and beingmounted on said band members and releasably cooperably received in saidgroove means on said inner end mounting sections of said limb members inthe assembled position and releasably retainingly holding the inner endmounting sections of said limb members on said handle member with thesaid abutment rib means located in abutting engagement with said notchand with said second one of said side surfaces abuttingly engaging saidfirst one of said spaced limb abutment surfaces in load bearingrelationship therewith.

5. The invention as defined in claim 4 and wherein said detent meanscomprising:

a resilient spring-like tang mounted on each of the band members andextending into the limb slot and being resiliently outwardly deflectedby the inner end mounting sections in the assembled position.

6. The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein each of said band memberscomprising:

one piece of spring steel sheet material of generally rectangular crosssectional configuration, said tang being integrally formed in said sheetmaterial.

7, The invention as defined in'claim 6, further comprising: I 1* a pairofreversely bent spaced parallel attachment flange portions on thespaced parallel side portions of said band members extending toward oneanother, and v guideways on said handle member slidably receiving saidflange portions. I 8. The invention as defined in claim 7, furthercomprising: I,

fastening means fixedly securing eachof said band members on said handlemember.

9. A takedown-type archery bow comprising: a handle member and limbmembers removably mounted thereon to hold a bowstring in an assembledposition, of said limb having members: I

a flat elongated limb support and load bearing abutment surface on theend of said handle member facing forwardly awayfr'om the bowstring andin- -clined relative thereto and having a forwardly facing outer endsurface portion and a forwardly facing inner end surface portion, 1flange means for retaining said limb member on said handle member andbeing fixedly mounted on said handle member in spaced overlyingrelationship to the forwardly facing inner end surface portion andproviding a rearwardly facing limb support and abutment surface spacedfrom and extending generally parallel to and overlying the forwardlyfacing inner end surface portion and defining a limb receiving sockettherebetween of generally rectangular cross sectional configuration andconfiningly slidably abuttingly receiving the innermost portion of saidlimb member in the assembled position, limb abutment means for retainingsaid limb member on said handle member and protruding into said limbreceiving socket between said flange means and the inner end surfaceportion and being centrally located therewithin,

band means for retaining said limb member on said handle member andbeing fixedly mounted on said handle member and spaced longitudinallyoutwardly from said flange means in juxtaposition to the outer endsurface portion and having a first fixedly mounted wall portionproviding a flat abutment surface spaced from and generally parallel toand overlying the outer end surface portion and having a pair of spacedparallel transverse connecting wall portions fixedly fastened to saidhandle member,

said band means and the outer end surface portion defining a limbreceiving slot of generally rectangular cross-sectional configurationgenerally corresponding in cross-sectional configuration to the limbreceiving socket and slidably confiningly receiving said limb member inthe assembled position,

each of said limb members having inner end mounting portions ofgenerally rectangular cross-sectional configuration generallycorresponding in cross-sectional configuration to the limb receivingsocket and to the limb receiving slot and providing a first generallyflat rearwardly facing abutment surface and a second generally flatforwardly facing abutment surface corresponding in size and shape to theflat elongated limb support and abutment surface on said handle member,

notch means for retaining the limb members on said handle member andbeing located on the inner end portions of each of said limb membersand'generally corresponding in size and shape to said limb abutmentmeans and abuttingly received thereabout in the assembled position withsaid first generally flat forwardly facing surface on said handle memberslidably abuttingly received on said first generally flat rearwardlyfacing abutment surface on said limb member in load bearing relationshiptherewith and with said second generally flat forwardly facing abutmentsurface on said limb member slidably abuttingly received on saidrearwardly facing limb support surface on said flange means in loadbearing relationship therewith and being confined by said first fixedlymounted wall portion of said band means, and

releasable detent means for retaining said limb members on said handlemembers and being located on said band means and on said inner endportion of said limb members and being cooperably engaged in theassembled position to releasably hold said limb members in load bearingrelationship. with I said handle member in the. assembled position.

10. The "invention as defined in claim 9 wherein the inner end portionof said limb members comprises: a hard rigid abutment pad member ofgenerally rectconfiguration fixedly angular cross sectional mounted onthe limb member and providing one of the first and second generally flatabutment surfaces.

11.The invention as defined in claim 9 and wherein said detent meanscomprising:

a resilient deflectable tang on said band means extending into said slotfor resilient retaining engagement with said inner end portion of saidlimb member. 12. The invention as defined in claim 11 and wherein saiddetent means further comprising:

abutment surface with said notch means in abutting v engagement withsaid limb abutment means.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO.3,921,598 DATED November 25, 1975 INVENTOR(S) James C. Helmick It iscertified that error appears in the above-identified patent and thatsaid Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Claim 4, Column 5, line 40, after "said", insert spaced Claim 9, Column6, line 16, before "of", insert each and delete "having members" andinsert therefor members having Signed and grcalcd this Fourth Day ofApril1978 rsmu A m'sr:

Ll'TRELLE F. PARKER Rl'TH MASON Arresting Officer deniarks

1. A take-down type archery bow comprising: a handle member and a pairof limb members removably mounted thereon to hold a bowstring in anassembled position, each limb member having an inner mounting section ofgenerally rectangular cross-sectional configuration throughout andhaving a first flat generally forwardly facing load bearing abutmentsurface extending longitudinally the entire length of said mountingsection in a first single plane and a second flat generally rearwardlyfacing load bearing abutment surface extending longitudinally the entirelength of said mounting section in a second single plane generallyparallel to said first plane, said handle member having a centralportion and a pair of opposite end portions, each end portion havinglimb mounting means for attachment of the limb members to said handlemember, each limb mounting means comprising a flat elongated limb loadbearing abutment surface extending generally longitudinally of saidhandle member and located in a single plane and facing forwardlyrelative to said handle member and said limb abutment surface being ofgenerally rectangular peripheral configuration and including alongitudinally innermost surface portion and a longitudinally outermostsurface portion, load bearing flange means for supporting each of saidlimb members rigidly fixed on saiD handle member adjacent thelongitudinally innermost portion of said flat elongated limb loadbearing abutment surface in generally parallel spaced relationship tothe longitudinally innermost portion of said flat elongated limb loadbearing abutment surface, a generally rearwardly facing limb retainingand load bearing abutment surface on said flange means located in asingle plane in spaced relationship to and extending generally parallelto said flat elongated limb load bearing abutment surface and beinglocated in overlying relationship to the longitudinally innermostportion of said flat elongated limb load bearing abutment surface, saidlimb retaining and load bearing abutment surface on said flange meansbeing spaced from said flat elongated limb load bearing abutment surfacea distance approximately equal to the distance between said first flatforwardly facing load bearing abutment surface and said second flatrearwardly facing load bearing abutment surface on said limb member, alimb receiving socket means for receiving said inner mounting section ofsaid limb member defined by said flange means and said flat forwardlyfacing load bearing abutment surface on said handle member, saidinnermost portion of said inner mounting section of said limb memberbeing located in said socket means between said limb retaining and loadbearing abutment surface on said flange means and said innermost portionof said flat elongated limb load bearing abutment surface on said handlemember in slidable load bearing abutting engagement therewith, limbabutment and restraining means on said handle member adjacent saidsocket means for abutting restraining engagement with said innermounting section of said limb member to prevent lateral displacement ofsaid limb member relative to said handle member, limb retaining bandmeans for retaining said limb member on said flat elongated limb loadbearing surface and mounted on said handle member adjacent thelongitudinally outermost surface portion of said flat elongated limbload bearing surface and located in longitudinally outwardly spacedrelationship to said flange means and having rigid parallel side wallportions extending transversely relative to said flat elongated limbload bearing abutment surface on opposite sides thereof and fixedlyattached to said handle member and having a rigid connecting wallportion fixedly connected to said side wall portions and extendingacross and in spaced relationship to said flat elongated limb loadbearing abutment surface, said limb retaining band means and saidoutermost portion of said flat elongated limb load bearing abutmentsurface defining a limb restraining longitudinally extending slot havinga rectangular cross-sectional configuration generally corresponding tothe rectangular cross-sectional configuration of said mounting sectionof said limb member, and releasable detent means for releasably engagingsaid limb member and associated with said band means on said handlemember to engage said mounting section of said limb member to releasablyhold said mounting section of said limb member in assembled positionwith said second flat rearwardly facing load bearing abutment surface inload bearing abutting engagement with said flat elongated limb loadbearing abutment surface on said handle member and with said first flatforwardly facing load bearing abutment surface in load bearing abuttingengagement with said rearwardly facing limb retaining and load bearingabutment surface on said flange means and with said limb abutment andrestraining means on said handle member in abutting and restrainingengagement with said inner mounting section of said limb member whereby,as the limb members are drawn rearwardly, the load is transferred fromthe limb members to said handle member only through said flat elongatedlimb load bearing abutment surface and said rearwardly facing limbrestraining and load bearing abutment surface on said flange means. 2.The invention as defIned in claim 1 and wherein: said handle memberbeing constructed of one piece of material with said flange means andsaid limb abutment and restraining means being integral and contiguoustherewith.
 3. The invention as defined in claim 2 and wherein: said bandmeans being constructed of one piece of material with said detent meansbeing integral and contiguous therewith.
 4. A takedown type archery bowcomprising: a handle member and limb members removably mountable thereonin an assembled position, an inner end mounting section of each of saidlimb members terminating in a transverse end wall portion and havingspaced side surfaces of generally rectangular cross sectionalconfiguration, a first one of said side surfaces facing generallyforwardly relative to said bow and a second one of said side surfacesfacing generally rearwardly relative to said bow, a centrally locatednotch in the end wall portion of said limb members, groove means forreleasably holding said limb members on said handle member on saidsecond one of said side surfaces and being longitudinally spaced fromthe end wall portion and having a generally rearwardly facing opening,socket means on said handle member and being spaced longitudinallyinwardly of said groove means for releasably abuttingly retaining eachof said limb members thereon, said socket means comprising a pair offlat parallel oppositely facing overlying spaced limb abutment surfacesdefining a socket cavity for the inner ends of the limbs, a first one ofsaid spaced limb abutment surfaces providing a limb load bearing surfaceand facing generally forwardly relative to said bow and extendinglongitudinally a substantial distance equal in length to the length ofsaid mounting section and a second one of said spaced limb abutmentsurfaces providing a limb load bearing surface and facing generallyrearwardly relative to said bow and extending longitudinally asubstantial lesser distance than said first one of said spaced limbabutment surfaces and terminating in longitudinally spaced relationshipto said groove means, said spaced limb abutment surfaces being spacedapart a distance approximately equal to the distance between the firstand second ones of said spaced side surfaces of the inner end sectionsof the limbs and abuttingly slidably receiving therebetween an innermostportion of said inner end sections next adjacent said notch, abutmentrib means for retaining said limb members and mounted on said handlemember and being located within said socket cavity and abuttinglyretainingly received in said notch in the assembled position, band meansfor retaining said limb members being fixedly mounted on said handlemember in longitudinally outwardly spaced relationship to the socketcavities and providing a pair of spaced parallel side wall portionsrigidly fixed to said handle portion and extending generallytransversely to said spaced limb abutment surfaces and a connecting sidewall portion rigidly fixed to said spaced parallel side wall portionsand spaced from and extending generally parallel to said first one ofsaid spaced limb abutment surfaces. a limb retaining slot of generallyrectangular fixed cross-sectional configuration approximately equal tothe cross-sectional configuration of the inner end mounting sections ofthe limb members and longitudinally outwardly spaced from said secondone of said limb abutment surfaces and defined by said first one of saidspaced limb abutment surfaces and the wall portions of the band membersand closely slidably receiving the inner end mounting sections of saidlimb members, and movable detent means for releasably engaging said limbmembers and being mounted on said band members and releasably cooperablyreceived in said groove means on said inner end mounting sections ofsaid limb members in the assembled position and releasably retaininglyholding the inner end mounting sections of said limb members on saidhandle member with the sAid abutment rib means located in abuttingengagement with said notch and with said second one of said sidesurfaces abuttingly engaging said first one of said spaced limb abutmentsurfaces in load bearing relationship therewith.
 5. The invention asdefined in claim 4 and wherein said detent means comprising: a resilientspring-like tang mounted on each of the band members and extending intothe limb slot and being resiliently outwardly deflected by the inner endmounting sections in the assembled position.
 6. The invention as definedin claim 5 wherein each of said band members comprising: one piece ofspring steel sheet material of generally rectangular cross sectionalconfiguration, said tang being integrally formed in said sheet material.7. The invention as defined in claim 6, further comprising: a pair ofreversely bent spaced parallel attachment flange portions on the spacedparallel side portions of said band members extending toward oneanother, and guideways on said handle member slidably receiving saidflange portions.
 8. The invention as defined in claim 7, furthercomprising: fastening means fixedly securing each of said band memberson said handle member.
 9. A takedown-type archery bow comprising: ahandle member and limb members removably mounted thereon to hold abowstring in an assembled position, of said limb having members: a flatelongated limb support and load bearing abutment surface on the end ofsaid handle member facing forwardly away from the bowstring and inclinedrelative thereto and having a forwardly facing outer end surface portionand a forwardly facing inner end surface portion, flange means forretaining said limb member on said handle member and being fixedlymounted on said handle member in spaced overlying relationship to theforwardly facing inner end surface portion and providing a rearwardlyfacing limb support and abutment surface spaced from and extendinggenerally parallel to and overlying the forwardly facing inner endsurface portion and defining a limb receiving socket therebetween ofgenerally rectangular cross sectional configuration and confininglyslidably abuttingly receiving the innermost portion of said limb memberin the assembled position, limb abutment means for retaining said limbmember on said handle member and protruding into said limb receivingsocket between said flange means and the inner end surface portion andbeing centrally located therewithin, band means for retaining said limbmember on said handle member and being fixedly mounted on said handlemember and spaced longitudinally outwardly from said flange means injuxtaposition to the outer end surface portion and having a firstfixedly mounted wall portion providing a flat abutment surface spacedfrom and generally parallel to and overlying the outer end surfaceportion and having a pair of spaced parallel transverse connecting wallportions fixedly fastened to said handle member, said band means and theouter end surface portion defining a limb receiving slot of generallyrectangular cross-sectional configuration generally corresponding incross-sectional configuration to the limb receiving socket and slidablyconfiningly receiving said limb member in the assembled position, eachof said limb members having inner end mounting portions of generallyrectangular cross-sectional configuration generally corresponding incross-sectional configuration to the limb receiving socket and to thelimb receiving slot and providing a first generally flat rearwardlyfacing abutment surface and a second generally flat forwardly facingabutment surface corresponding in size and shape to the flat elongatedlimb support and abutment surface on said handle member, notch means forretaining the limb members on said handle member and being located onthe inner end portions of each of said limb members and generallycorresponding in size and shape to said limb abutment means andabuttingly received Thereabout in the assembled position with said firstgenerally flat forwardly facing surface on said handle member slidablyabuttingly received on said first generally flat rearwardly facingabutment surface on said limb member in load bearing relationshiptherewith and with said second generally flat forwardly facing abutmentsurface on said limb member slidably abuttingly received on saidrearwardly facing limb support surface on said flange means in loadbearing relationship therewith and being confined by said first fixedlymounted wall portion of said band means, and releasable detent means forretaining said limb members on said handle members and being located onsaid band means and on said inner end portion of said limb members andbeing cooperably engaged in the assembled position to releasably holdsaid limb members in load bearing relationship with said handle memberin the assembled position.
 10. The invention as defined in claim 9wherein the inner end portion of said limb members comprises: a hardrigid abutment pad member of generally rectangular cross sectionalconfiguration fixedly mounted on the limb member and providing one ofthe first and second generally flat abutment surfaces.
 11. The inventionas defined in claim 9 and wherein said detent means comprising: aresilient deflectable tang on said band means extending into said slotfor resilient retaining engagement with said inner end portion of saidlimb member.
 12. The invention as defined in claim 11 and wherein saiddetent means further comprising: a groove on said inner end portion ofsaid limb member receiving said tang in the assembled position andlocating the inner end portion of said limb member on said flatelongated limb support and abutment surface with said notch means inabutting engagement with said limb abutment means.